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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}'''Plan Ávila''' is a military [[contingency plan]] by the [[Venezuela]]n [[Military of Venezuela|Army]] to maintain public order in the Venezuelan capital, [[Caracas]]. |
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}'''Plan Ávila''' is a military [[contingency plan]] by the [[Venezuela]]n [[Military of Venezuela|Army]] to maintain public order in the Venezuelan capital, [[Caracas]]. |
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== History == |
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===Caracazo=== |
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{{Main|Caracazo}} |
{{Main|Caracazo}} |
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Plan Ávila was first implemented in 1989 by the government of [[Carlos Andrés Pérez]], in response to riots, in an event which became known as the [[Caracazo]]; hundreds were killed by military and armed police. On 27 August 2002, the [[Inter-American Court of Human Rights]] found that the 1989 implementation of Plan Ávila had resulted in massive human rights violations, and ordered the Venezuelan government to review its military contingency planning to conform to international human rights standards.<ref>[http://www.corteidh.or.cr/seriecpdf/seriec_95_esp.pdf Caso del Caracazo vs. Venezuela] [https://web.archive.org/web/19960101/http://www.corteidh.or.cr/seriecpdf/seriec_95_esp.pdf web archive link]</ref> |
Plan Ávila was first implemented in 1989 by the government of [[Carlos Andrés Pérez]], in response to riots, in an event which became known as the [[Caracazo]]; hundreds were killed by military and armed police. On 27 August 2002, the [[Inter-American Court of Human Rights]] found that the 1989 implementation of Plan Ávila had resulted in massive human rights violations, and ordered the Venezuelan government to review its military contingency planning to conform to international human rights standards.<ref>[http://www.corteidh.or.cr/seriecpdf/seriec_95_esp.pdf Caso del Caracazo vs. Venezuela] [https://web.archive.org/web/19960101/http://www.corteidh.or.cr/seriecpdf/seriec_95_esp.pdf web archive link]</ref> |
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==2002 Venezuelan coup attempt== |
===2002 Venezuelan coup attempt=== |
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{{Main|2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt}} |
{{Main|2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt}} |
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The activation of Plan Ávila was ordered by then-[[President of Venezuela|President]] [[Hugo Chávez]] at midday on 11 April 2002, in response to public order events leading up to the [[2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt]].<ref name=gottp255>{{cite book|last=Gott|first=Richard|authorlink=Richard Gott|title=Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian Revolution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ft6AyMxG4JEC&pg=PA225|year=2005|publisher=Verso|isbn=978-1-84467-533-3|page=225}}</ref> The action was in violation of laws in the [[1999 Venezuela Constitution]] created by Chávez that were in place to prevent another massacre like the Caracazo.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Nelson|first1=Brian A.|title=The silence and the scorpion : the coup against Chávez and the making of modern Venezuela|url=https://archive.org/details/silencescorpionc00nels|url-access=limited|date=2009|publisher=Nation Books|location=New York|isbn=978-1568584188|page=[https://archive.org/details/silencescorpionc00nels/page/n41 25]|edition=online}}</ref> High-ranking members of the Armed Forces refused to carry out the Plan.<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9503E3DB133FF933A15757C0A9649C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all Larry Rohter, "Venezuela's 2 Fateful Days: Leader Is Out, and In Again" The New York Times (20 April 2002)]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/latin_america/newsid_2321000/2321365.stm|title=Venezuela en blanco y negro|date=11 October 2002 |publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=10 February 2009|language=es}}</ref> When the General responsible was nowhere to be found, another general, [[Jorge García Carneiro]], the head of the largest military unit in Caracas, offered to step in. However, this was thwarted by soldiers blocking a highway and diverting civilian traffic into the military base at Fuerte Tiuna, preventing its troops from leaving.<ref name=Jones321>Jones, Bart (2008), ''Hugo! The Hugo Chávez Story: From Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution'', London: [[The Bodley Head]]. pp. 321–2</ref> On contacting the base, the general was also told that a group of generals had plans to arrest the President.<ref name=gottp255/> |
The activation of Plan Ávila was ordered by then-[[President of Venezuela|President]] [[Hugo Chávez]] at midday on 11 April 2002, in response to public order events leading up to the [[2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt]].<ref name=gottp255>{{cite book|last=Gott|first=Richard|authorlink=Richard Gott|title=Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian Revolution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ft6AyMxG4JEC&pg=PA225|year=2005|publisher=Verso|isbn=978-1-84467-533-3|page=225}}</ref> The action was in violation of laws in the [[1999 Venezuela Constitution]] created by Chávez that were in place to prevent another massacre like the Caracazo.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Nelson|first1=Brian A.|title=The silence and the scorpion : the coup against Chávez and the making of modern Venezuela|url=https://archive.org/details/silencescorpionc00nels|url-access=limited|date=2009|publisher=Nation Books|location=New York|isbn=978-1568584188|page=[https://archive.org/details/silencescorpionc00nels/page/n41 25]|edition=online}}</ref> High-ranking members of the Armed Forces refused to carry out the Plan.<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9503E3DB133FF933A15757C0A9649C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all Larry Rohter, "Venezuela's 2 Fateful Days: Leader Is Out, and In Again" The New York Times (20 April 2002)]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/latin_america/newsid_2321000/2321365.stm|title=Venezuela en blanco y negro|date=11 October 2002 |publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=10 February 2009|language=es}}</ref> When the General responsible was nowhere to be found, another general, [[Jorge García Carneiro]], the head of the largest military unit in Caracas, offered to step in. However, this was thwarted by soldiers blocking a highway and diverting civilian traffic into the military base at Fuerte Tiuna, preventing its troops from leaving.<ref name=Jones321>Jones, Bart (2008), ''Hugo! The Hugo Chávez Story: From Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution'', London: [[The Bodley Head]]. pp. 321–2</ref> On contacting the base, the general was also told that a group of generals had plans to arrest the President.<ref name=gottp255/> General in Chief [[Lucas Rincón Romero|Lucas Rincón]] and National Assembly President [[William Lara (politician)|William Lara]] said that Chávez's order was not to repress the population but to maintain public order.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elobservador.rctv.net/Noticias/VerNoticia.aspx?NoticiaId=121287&Tipo=14|title=Lucas Rincón afirmó que activación del Plan Ávila el 11-A no fue "para maltratar y reprimir a la población"|publisher=[[RCTV]]|date=24 April 2002|accessdate=10 February 2009|language=es|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719105353/http://elobservador.rctv.net/Noticias/VerNoticia.aspx?NoticiaId=121287&Tipo=14|archivedate=19 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diarioeltiempo.com.ve/V3_Secciones/index.php?id=53512007&_Proc=Desp|title=A cinco años del golpe de estado|date=11 April 2007|publisher=Diario El Tiempo|accessdate=3 April 2009|language=es}}</ref> |
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Supporters of Chávez have said that the objective of the revised ''Plan Ávila'' is not to repress the population or to prevent public protest but to maintain public order<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elobservador.rctv.net/Noticias/VerNoticia.aspx?NoticiaId=121287&Tipo=14|title=Lucas Rincón afirmó que activación del Plan Ávila el 11-A no fue "para maltratar y reprimir a la población"|publisher=[[RCTV]]|date=24 April 2002|accessdate=10 February 2009|language=es|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719105353/http://elobservador.rctv.net/Noticias/VerNoticia.aspx?NoticiaId=121287&Tipo=14|archivedate=19 July 2011}}</ref> and that the plan had already been applied during the visit of Pope [[John Paul II]] to Venezuela without shooting against the population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diarioeltiempo.com.ve/V3_Secciones/index.php?id=53512007&_Proc=Desp|title=A cinco años del golpe de estado|date=11 April 2007|publisher=Diario El Tiempo|accessdate=3 April 2009|language=es}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 16:23, 11 August 2021
Plan Ávila is a military contingency plan by the Venezuelan Army to maintain public order in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas.
History
Caracazo
Plan Ávila was first implemented in 1989 by the government of Carlos Andrés Pérez, in response to riots, in an event which became known as the Caracazo; hundreds were killed by military and armed police. On 27 August 2002, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights found that the 1989 implementation of Plan Ávila had resulted in massive human rights violations, and ordered the Venezuelan government to review its military contingency planning to conform to international human rights standards.[1]
2002 Venezuelan coup attempt
The activation of Plan Ávila was ordered by then-President Hugo Chávez at midday on 11 April 2002, in response to public order events leading up to the 2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt.[2] The action was in violation of laws in the 1999 Venezuela Constitution created by Chávez that were in place to prevent another massacre like the Caracazo.[3] High-ranking members of the Armed Forces refused to carry out the Plan.[4][5] When the General responsible was nowhere to be found, another general, Jorge García Carneiro, the head of the largest military unit in Caracas, offered to step in. However, this was thwarted by soldiers blocking a highway and diverting civilian traffic into the military base at Fuerte Tiuna, preventing its troops from leaving.[6] On contacting the base, the general was also told that a group of generals had plans to arrest the President.[2] General in Chief Lucas Rincón and National Assembly President William Lara said that Chávez's order was not to repress the population but to maintain public order.[7][8]
References
- ^ Caso del Caracazo vs. Venezuela web archive link
- ^ a b Gott, Richard (2005). Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian Revolution. Verso. p. 225. ISBN 978-1-84467-533-3.
- ^ Nelson, Brian A. (2009). The silence and the scorpion : the coup against Chávez and the making of modern Venezuela (online ed.). New York: Nation Books. p. 25. ISBN 978-1568584188.
- ^ Larry Rohter, "Venezuela's 2 Fateful Days: Leader Is Out, and In Again" The New York Times (20 April 2002)
- ^ "Venezuela en blanco y negro" (in Spanish). BBC. 11 October 2002. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
- ^ Jones, Bart (2008), Hugo! The Hugo Chávez Story: From Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution, London: The Bodley Head. pp. 321–2
- ^ "Lucas Rincón afirmó que activación del Plan Ávila el 11-A no fue "para maltratar y reprimir a la población"" (in Spanish). RCTV. 24 April 2002. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
- ^ "A cinco años del golpe de estado" (in Spanish). Diario El Tiempo. 11 April 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
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